Combination-garment.



J. W. NIGH.

COMBINATION GARMENT.

APPLICATION mum we. 13, 1912.

1, 1 1 8,572. Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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COMBINATION -GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented Nov. 24., 1914.

Application filed August 13, 1912. .;se1-1 1no..714,ea4.

To allpohom it may concern: Be it known that I, JACOB W. NIGI-I, a c1t1- certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My inventlon relates to improvements in garments and more particularly to the class of combination garments in which certain fragmentary portions or parts of garments are so combined and united as to produce a complete article.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple, light, and inexpensive combination vest and shirt, particularly adapted for use in warm weather.

Furthermore, the object of my invention is to provide a combination shirt and vest without the back portions thereof, thereby providing for the comfort of the wearer.

Finally the object of my invention is to provide a combination vest and shirt having means for attachingthe fragmentary portion of the shirt to the suspenders and with means secured to the fragmentary portion.

of the vest for holding it in its proper position and giving the wearer the appearance of being fully dressed.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several fragmentary portions of garments, will hereinafter be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and inwhich corresponding parts in the several views are indicated by similar reference characters, and in which,

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved combination garment, and Fig. 2 a rear view.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a pair of suspenders of the usual construction which I provide, approximately at the part which rests on the shoulder of the wearer, with a tab and. buckle 2 and onthe rear portion of the suspenders at the junction of the shoulder strap with the trousers strap, I also provide a short tab or tongue 3 to which is secured a buckle 4. The shoulder and rear tabs may be easily attached to the suspenders bystitching and onaccount of thesimplicity in my arrangement, suspenders of any different constructions may be readily and easily provided with the tabs or tongues.

The fragmentary portion of the shirt comprises a collar band 5 and an open front portion 6 with the back yoke 7. The shirt is provided with apertures inthe shoulder portion through which the tab 2 of the suspenders is permitted to project. To theunder surface of the shirt portion I attach loops 8 both on the rear and front. The loops are adapted to secure the suspenders 1 and to provide means for holding the fragmentary portion of the shirt in its proper position.

I provide the fragmentary part 9 of the vest, which comprises only the front portionof an ordinary vest, the back being entirely dispensed with, with a tongue 10 by which the lower portion of the vest is secured to the ordinary side buckle of the pan- IELIOOIIS. At the shoulder or upper portion of the vest I also provide a tongue which is.

connected with the buckle 2 on the suspenders thereby supporting the upper end of the vest.

It will be seen by this arrangement the lower portion of the vest is prevented from working up and the upper portion from falling down and at the same time the vest is held loosely and in a proper position on the wearer. 0n the front of the vest I secure the ordinary hook eye 11 in which the hook 12 attached on the inner surface of a coat is secured. I thus provide means for holding the coat lapels or front securely to the vest.

The coat being represented in dotted lines in the drawing, it is believed that the arrangement, construction, and combination of my improved garment can be readily understood from the foregoing description.

Having thus fully described my said inbuckles carried by tabs secured to the front ed to, engage with the buckle secured on the portion of said shoulder strap, and a fragshoulder strap. 1o nientary Vest portion comprising the front In testimony whereof I afliX my signature portion of an ordinary vest having tongues in presence of two Witnesses.

secured at each rear lower corner of said JACOB W. NIGH. front portion, adapted to be secured to side Witnesses: buckles of pantaloons and tabs at the upper ANDREW OFFUTT, Jr.,

ends of the vest portions respectively adapt- ALLAN A. IRVINE.

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